Rock glaciers and related periglacial landforms in the Sierra Nevada, CA, USA; inventory, distribution and climatic relationships

Quaternary International

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 90-104

  Millar, Constance I ^a   Westfall, Robert D ^a  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANONICAL ANALYSIS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FIELD SURVEY; FROZEN GROUND; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIER RETREAT; PALEOCLIMATE; PERIGLACIAL LANDFORM; PLEISTOCENE; ROCK GLACIER; WARMING;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 48649105236     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2007.06.004     Document Type: Article

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